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* {{Fainting}}: Janet does this when Ikar shows her his true alien form.

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* {{Fainting}}: FaintInShock: Janet does this faints when Ikar shows her his true alien form.
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* {{Fainting}}: Janet does this when Ikar shows her his true alien form.

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* InterruptedSuicide: This episode has [[PlayingWithATrope a variation]] of the trope that kickstarts the plot. When high-strung scientist Eric Plummer fails to solve the two equations he needs to complete his [[DisintegratorRay matter disintegrator]], he's so upset that he gets in his car and starts driving home through the desert at dangerous speeds. Alien invader Ikar suddenly [[DangerTakesABackSeat appears in his back seat]] and says "You gain nothing by suicide." Thanks to Ikar, Eric survives his trip home and the story begins in earnest.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Ikar is able to switch between his true form and human disguise.

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* InterruptedSuicide: This episode has [[PlayingWithATrope a A variation]] of the trope that kickstarts the plot. When high-strung scientist Eric Plummer fails to solve the two equations he needs to complete his [[DisintegratorRay matter disintegrator]], he's so upset that he gets in his car and starts driving home through the desert at dangerous speeds. Alien invader Ikar suddenly [[DangerTakesABackSeat appears in his back seat]] and says "You gain nothing by suicide." Thanks to Ikar, Eric survives his trip home and the story begins in earnest.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Ikar is able to switch between his true form and his human disguise.



* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Happens when Janet Lane discovers her scientist boyfriend is palling around with an alien and tries to warn his boss. She even uses the exact phrase.

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* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Happens when Janet Lane discovers her scientist boyfriend Eric is palling around with an alien and tries to warn his boss. Mr. Hunt. She even uses the exact phrase.phrase.
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\n----* InterruptedSuicide: This episode has [[PlayingWithATrope a variation]] of the trope that kickstarts the plot. When high-strung scientist Eric Plummer fails to solve the two equations he needs to complete his [[DisintegratorRay matter disintegrator]], he's so upset that he gets in his car and starts driving home through the desert at dangerous speeds. Alien invader Ikar suddenly [[DangerTakesABackSeat appears in his back seat]] and says "You gain nothing by suicide." Thanks to Ikar, Eric survives his trip home and the story begins in earnest.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Ikar is able to switch between his true form and human disguise.
* WordSaladTitle: The title doesn't relate to anything in the episode, and even the people who worked on the show couldn't remember what it meant!
* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Happens when Janet Lane discovers her scientist boyfriend is palling around with an alien and tries to warn his boss. She even uses the exact phrase.
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->'''The Control Voice:''' There is no limit to the extension of the curious mind. It reaches to the end of the imagination, then beyond into the mysteries of dreams, hoping always to convert even the dreams into reality, for the greater well-being of all mankind…


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->'''The Control Voice:''' The curious mind cannot be chained. It is a free mind, endlessly searching for the greater freedom that must eventually make every living being joyfully complete within himself, therefore at peace with himself and his neighbors.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Human!Ikar takes Eric's emotions fora test drive.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Human!Ikar takes Eric's emotions fora test drive.]]

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An inventor exchanges his emotions for intelligence to an alien in order to create a lethal weapon.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Alien!Ikar and one of his enforcers.]]

An inventor exchanges his emotions for intelligence to an alien in order to create a lethal weapon.weapon.

!!Troper of the Purple Twilight:

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